we also agree on the fact that they create an environment that allows the private sector, men and women who start businesses, to actually go out and create the jobs that we all seek. but here's the important point. there is a no difference -- a big difference this time around because what has happened is the awful deep structural recession. we are slowly but surely crawling our way out of a mess that took years to get into, and we certainly are not going to solve in a matter of a couple months. that is why politicians who make promises are so disingenuous. that's why politicians who promise jobs are so dangerous. and that is why politicians who promise jobs should be ignored. in the european union, we have unemployment over 11% and it is rising. that is the true disgrace of politicians and jobs. >> difficulty, though, is when they both -- both sides made the same promises and you get stuck in the pickle you're in. >> i heard you, ali velshi, maybe they can find the moment when you promised this. you promised that if one of those political promises were broken, i think you said you would